Manmohan Singh said the the unmanned spacecraft is to be launched in November, 2013 on a frequently used rocket. Critics of the Prime Minister's party say the government's priorities are skewed and it should concentrate more on basic needs of people.

India's police detained popular Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev and thousands of his supporters for several hours after they tried to intensify an anticorruption protest. Ramdev and the others had occupied a New Delhi fairground for the past couple of days.

Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari, arrested last week after his deportation from Saudi Arabia, has told Indian authorities that Pakistani military and intelligence officials participated in planning the 2008 attack.